I can’t believe it is over three decades since we travelled up and down the Karakoram Highway between Pakistan and China, one of the most spectacular and dangerous roads in the world. So what was it like riding along this historic route 35 years ago, a mere six years after it opened and only two […]
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We stayed on a houseboat on Lake Dal in India’s Kashmir valley in 1987.
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Hyderabad is my favourite big Indian city; I used to rave about Calcutta, but its “shabby charm” has now turned into “dilapidated disfunctionality”. The Deccan Queen, on the other hand, is happy to parade the old family jewels, and — a bit like Queen Elizabeth joining Twitter — is happy to embrace all those new-fangled
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Whispering monuments and roaring jets So you’ve seen the fort – what else does Bidar have to offer? Bidar town is, to be honest, not a great place to hang out in: it’s dusty, scruffy and noisy. It almost completely turns its back on its intriguing history and rich heritage – no wonder it’s called
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Medieval Majesty I’m a big fan of Indian forts, and when I read William Dalrymple’s entrancing book White Mughals and his description of the fort town of Bidar, I couldn’t believe that I’d missed this place on an earlier visit to Hyderabad, the nearest big city. So the first site pencilled in for our 2018 visit
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